A far north Queensland man may have invented the most practical way to stop quad bike accidents and deaths.

None of the recommendations have been implemented to date.

Cairns-based quad bike trainer, rider, member of the Quad Bike Industry Reference Group, and backyard shed tinkerer Colin Lawson is developing the ATV Angle Alarm, a device that signals audibly and visually if a quad bike is nearing its tip-over point.

“It’s a small box, hard wired to the ATV, and the internal workings mean it’s a dual-axis inclinometer,” he said.

“It tells the computer inside where the bike is in relation to the Earth’s surface — it’s measuring tilt, both forwards and backwards.”

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Phil Staley
ABC News